The Korea Fair Trade Commission fined Google $176.6 million over restrictive contracts the internet giant has with mobile phone makers licensing its Android operating system, according to a report from Reuters . The regulator said Google hampered competition by preventing mobile phone makers from offering their own customized versions of Android when they take licenses to use the Google Play...
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Well, it’s been a minute since Jack Dorsey has been in the news. But lest you think that Elon Musk—and Congress’s favorite punching bag, TikTok—get all the fun, today short seller Hindenburg Research sent Block’s stock down 15% with a report saying the payments company, formerly known as Square, had been inflating its user metrics by serving criminals with shady “Wild West compliance.”You can...
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